I was watching the start of the John Beargrease sled dog marathon yesterday here in Duluth and I was chatting with a guy who uses a HUGE alcohol stove to warm up water to mix with his dog's food. The guy said he put in two bottles of HEET at a time to burn it.

samh wrote:I was watching the start of the John Beargrease sled dog marathon yesterday here in Duluth and I was chatting with a guy who uses a HUGE alcohol stove to warm up water to mix with his dog's food. The guy said he put in two bottles of HEET at a time to burn it.

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Today should be a good test of those alchy stoves. I'm in St. Paul and its -4 and droppinf with a wind chill that's gotta be -25 at least

It's no wonder alcohol is the fuel of choice for the Iditerod and other sled endurance races. I wonder how the Myth got started!!!

At 7:15 this morning it was -13 degrees below zero with a wind chill of -30 degrees.

My daughters car would'nt start but mine did. My duty was to drive her to her doctors appointment . It was soo cold the grease on the door latches seased to be greasy

Long story short!!!!! I used my Starlyte burner to thaw the grease enough for the passenger side door to latch shut. My daughter was getting tired of holding from opening while we proceded to drive toward Minneapolis

The burner was filled with one ounce of HEET and was at -13 degrees. I lit without a problem. My daughter was operating the camera as I was doing the lighting and application of the fire to the latch. It;s on camera Will post when I return on Friday.

My daughter scanned over to the dashboard to show the temperature reading of outside air.

This test was performed at 7:30 AM on that cold cold morning Brrrrrrrrrrrrr it was brutally cold. Check out the wind affect on the flame. The Starlyte loaded with 1 oz. of HEET was in my frigid trunk. We were going to do a photo test first thing but got cancelled because of her car not starting and having to start up mine and do the switcheroos. The butane lighter was in my coat pocket when we left her apartment so it was warm when I lit the burner. The Starlyte burner is a winner